for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? And he 10 said, To-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy 11 houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. And Moses and Aaron went out from 12 Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. And the LORD did 13 according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. And they 14 gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank. But 15 when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

AND the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out 16 thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And they did so; for Aaron 17 stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And the 18 magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: 19 and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

AND the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morn- 20 ing, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, Be- 21 hold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. And I will sever in that day the 22 land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. And I will put a division be- 23 tween my people and thy people: to-morrow shall this sign be. And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of 24 flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. And Pharaoh called for Moses and for 25 Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. And 26 Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? we will go three days' journey into 27 the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may 28 sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me. And Moses said, Behold, 29 I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms

of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. And 30 Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. And 31 the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. And Pharaoh hardened his 32 heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.

THEN the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and 9 tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if thou refuse to let them 2 go, and wilt hold them still, 'behold, the hand of the LORD is 3 upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous inurrain. And the LORD shall sever 4 between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel. And the 5 LORD appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. And the LORD did that thing on the 6 morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, 7 there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. AND the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you 8 handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become 9 small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood 10 before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. And the magicians could not stand before Moses because 11 of the boil; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, 12 and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.

AND the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morn- 13 ing, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. For I will at this time send all my plagues upon 14 thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. For 15 now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show 16 in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, 17 that thou wilt not let them go? behold, to-morrow about this 18 time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. Send 19 therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the

field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. He that feared the word of the 20 LORD among the servants of Pharaoh, made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: and he that regarded not the 21 word of the LORD left his servants and his catile in the field. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward 22 heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. And Moses stretched forth his rod to- 23 ward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire mingled with 24 the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. And the hail smote 25 throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen, 26 where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. And Pha- 27 raoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that 28 there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. And Moses said unto him, 29 As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD'S. But as for thee and thy servants, I 30 know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. And the flax 31 and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. But the wheat and the rye were not smit- 32 ten: for they were not grown up. And Moses went out of the 33 city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the 34 hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. And the heart of Pharaoh 35 was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

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AND the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for 110 have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: and that thou mayest tell 2 in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD. And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to- 4 morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast. And they shall 5 cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the

earth and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: and they shall fill thy 6 houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. ' And 7 Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?' And 8 Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? And Moses said, We will go with our young 9 and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. And he said unto them. Let the LORD be so 10 with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. Not so: go now ye that are men, and 11 serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. And the LORD said unto Moses, 12 Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. And Moses 13 stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an cast wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and 14 rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. For they covered the face of the whole earth, 15 so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh 16 called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. Now therefore 17 forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. And 18 he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. And the 19 LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. But the LORD hardened Pha- 20 raoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

AND the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand to- 21 ward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth 22 his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: they saw not one another, neither 23 rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

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LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. And Moses said, Thou must give 25 us also sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. Our cattle also shall go with us; there 26 shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. But the LORD hard- 27 ened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. And Pha- 28 raoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face 29 again no more.

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AND the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague11 more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. Speak now in the ears of the people, and 2 let every man borrow of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. And the LORD 3 gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. And Moses 4 said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of beasts. And there shall 6 be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. But against any 7 of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. And all these 8 thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. And the LORD said unto Moses, Pha- 9 raoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron did all these 10 wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land12 of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of 2 months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak 3 ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: and if the 4 household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first 5 year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: